C Libraries

I'm trying to upgrade my C libraries to be able to run a certain program
but it only gives me errors on dependencies,
Should I just go through list after list of dependencies, only to discover
even more dependencies, or is there something I've missed?

Google turns up a bunch of stuff that treats upgrading glibc; etc,
like trivial "one-liner" fixes.
I suppose it Is like that, but I know I'm missing something,
kind of like when trying to set up networking, I suppose,

Any ideas?


Eric.